Table 3.
Screening for anxiety: psychometric properties of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire and the Anxiety and Sensitivity Index using the C-DISC anxiety disorder (with or without depression) as the gold standard in a combined sample of youth with and without asthma [Total N = 1375 with N = 145 (10.5%) with an anxiety diagnosis]
| Mood Feelings | ASI | |
|---|---|---|
| Area Under the Receiver Operating Curve* | .76 (95% CI,.72 –.81) | .76 (95% CI,.74–.79 |
| Cutpoint Determined by Receiver Operating Curve | ≥4 | ≥13 |
| Sensitivity | .73 (95% CI,.71 –.76) | .76 (95% CI,.74 –.79) |
| Specificity | .64 (95% CI,.61 –.67) | .70 (95% CI,.67 –.72) |
| Positive Predictive Value (%) (PPV) | 14.7 (95% CI, 12.8 – 16.7) | 17.5 (95% CI, 15.5 – 19.6) |
| Negative Predictive Value (%) (NPV) | 96.6 (95% CI, 95.6 – 97.6) | 97.2 (95% CI, 96.3 – 98.1) |
| Total % Correctly Classified | 64.8% | 70.1% |
| % Youth with Anxiety Correctly Classified | 64.0% | 76.2% |
| % Youth without Anxiety Correctly Classified | 64.0% | 69.6% |
*
x2 (1) = 0.59, p = 0.44; MFQ = ASI